1833 – Oberlin College is founded by John Jay Shipherd and Philo P. Stewart in Oberlin, Ohio.
Oberlin College is a private liberal arts college in Oberlin, Ohio. The college was founded as the Oberlin Collegiate Institute in 1833 by John Jay Shipherd and Philo Stewart. It is the oldest coeducational liberal arts college in the United States and the second oldest continuously operating coeducational institute of higher learning in the world.[citation needed] The Oberlin Conservatory of Music, part of the college, is the oldest continuously operating conservatory in the United States.[3]
The College of Arts & Sciences offers more than 50 majors, minors, and concentrations. Oberlin is a member of the Great Lakes Colleges Association and the Five Colleges of Ohio consortium.
1854 – Hans Jæger, Norwegian philosopher and activist (d. 1910)
Hans Henrik Jæger (2 September 1854, Drammen, Norway – 8 February 1910, Oslo) was a Norwegian writer, philosopher and anarchist political activist who was part of the Oslo (then Kristiania)-based bohemian group known as the Kristiania Bohemians. In 1886 he was prosecuted for his book Fra Kristiania-bohêmen, then convicted and sentenced to 60 days’ imprisonment and a fine of 80 kr for infringement of modesty and public morals, and for blasphemy.[1] He also lost his position as a stenographer at the Parliament of Norway.[2] Jæger was defended in court by barrister Ludvig Meyer.[3][4]. He and other bohemians tried to live by the nine commandments he had formulated in Fra Kristiania-bohêmen.
The following year he was forced to flee Norway. He had been sentenced to 150 more days in prison after the Norwegian government learned that he had sent 300 copies of Fra Kristiania-bohêmen to Sweden under the pretense that it was a volume of Christmas stories.
He was a friend of Edvard Munch and was the subject of one of Munch’s paintings, swiftly painted in the rented room of one of Munch’s friends.
Hans Jæger maintained that sexuality should be unrestricted in relationships, arguing that the traditional values of marriage and social class encroached on personal freedom and fulfillment. Jæger asserted that the institution of marriage should be abolished and that there should be “full sexual freedom between the sexes in the same social class.” [5]
Commons:Wiki Loves Monuments 2017 in the United States
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By Matt Pearce: ‘I think he’s barbecuing’: A helicopter view of the Texas flood with the California National Guard
By Elizabeth Van Flandern: The Brothel Boss Lady who Helped Build Seattle
Just a few years prior to her entering the scene, Seattle had allowed women the right to vote– and it had almost bankrupted the city. Women elected uncorrupted officials who enforced the laws of the land and cleaned up the streets.
Abercrombie & Fitch– that slightly irritating brand for college kids whose preferred choice of footwear is flip flops all year long. But thanks to this historic house recently hitting the market, I’ve discovered there’s a slightly better story behind Abercrombie & Fitch.
By MessyNessy: Abercrombie’s Abandoned New York Castle is For Sale
Can you save Abercrombie’s adventure castle? It’ll cost you $3.6 million to start with. The listing is here.
By Mary Soon Lee: Elemental haiku
By Sarinasala1: Clay Ring Dish
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